Showing 1 - 10 of 9,446
This study investigates some factors that need to be considered in the management of innovation implementation within … an innovation to project team members and the project as a whole. As part of a larger study on innovation in Singapore … of innovations adopted and the enablers and barriers to innovation. Four main categories of factors were found to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005482433
Middle management plays substantial role in creating core capabilities, innovation and competitive advantage of … middle management on general aspects of intra-company innovation environment, there are significant differences between … different levels of management in perception of characteristics of innovation processes. Such differences may undermine …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011195010
The present study aims to validate the current best-practice model of implementation effectiveness in small and mid …-size businesses. Data from 135 organizations largely confirm the original model across various types of innovation. In addition, we … extended this work by highlighting the importance of human resources in implementation effectiveness and the consequences of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009366053
Nearly all Fortune 1000 firms claim to have downsized since the early eighties, and it is argued that information technology (IT) is responsible for this massive downsizing. However, earlier research has indicated that IT increases middle management. Even though the impact of IT on the middle...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009209082
The objective of this paper is to examine the association between Total Quality Management (TQM) practices and service quality in Malaysia's commercial banking industry. This study is based on empirical data collected from a survey of 101 middle management employees of 20 commercial banks in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009353008
Strategic and corporate entrepreneurship have been widely acknowledged by scholars and executives alike as an effective means of revitalizing organizations to improve performance. Spurring entrepreneurial behavior and exploration within established organizations, however, remains a big challenge...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010730471
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010862942
based on a case study. The firm examined is an industrial company committed to the implementation of a HR intranet. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005111115
This paper examines the interplay between top and middle level managers as strategy-making settles and in subsequent managerial action. It reports on an exploratory case study at a car service company that has an aggressive expansion strategy. The study examines the context and characteristics...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005053778
A new approach to quality policies in companies concerns the evaluation of the mission of top management. This topic has the goal to define the indispensable factors for top management to activate a new organisation in companies and afterwards to determine a pattern of social indicators...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005752846